Meeting

Wednesday, August 14, 6pm; Northern Lights Branch Library, 4093 Cleveland Ave.

Did you know? Many individuals who are detained in jails do retain the right to vote. In Ohio, only those in jail or prison following a felony conviction lose their right to vote. But while those awaiting trial can still cast a ballot, few are able to do so because officials do not have voting programs in place. Join All Voting is Local and the ACLU of Ohio for a training to learn how you can help to register voters currently detained in Ohio’s jails.

At this training you will learn:

Tuesday, August 13, 7:30pm [preceded by a 7pm business meeting], Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

This month’s program: “Reaching Across the Divide: Greens and Libertarians”

Ohio’s two minor parties, the Greens and the Libertarians, will join on Tuesday August 13 at 7:30pm. Don’t miss this exciting event where two very different political groups work together on a democracy problem. How can third-party candidates run in elections to give Ohio citizens more choices?

Thursday, August 8, 7-9pm, Northwood-High Building, 2231 N. High St., Rm. 100

Free parking is available in the “R” spaces — “R” for “Rardin Clinic” — behind the building.

Contact: Simone Morgen, smorgen@juno.com

Wednesday, August 7, 7-8:30pm, Bexley Public Library [auditorium], 2411 E. Main St.

Note: this month’s meeting is being held in a different location because of construction at the Main Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library.

Jewish Voice for Peace members are inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, equality, human rights, respect for international law, and a U.S. foreign policy that is based on these ideals.

Wednesday, August 7, 6:30-8:30pm, Upper Arlington Public Library [Friends Theater], 2800 Tremont Rd.

Equal UA Books and Beyond is expanding into video! On Wednesday, August 7, we will be viewing and discussing parts of the Netflix miniseries “When They See Us” in the Friends Theater of the Main Library, 6:30-8:30pm. This miniseries is based on the wrongful convictions of the five teenagers labelled the “Central Park Five.”

Tuesday, August 6, 6:30pm, Northern Lights Branch Library, 4093 Cleveland Ave.

Calling all activists! Do you want to help make it easier to register to vote in Ohio? Do you want to help make it harder to remove eligible voters from the rolls? Join All Voting is Local and the ACLU of Ohio for an activist training to learn how to make voter registration convenient and accessible to all.

At the training you will learn:

Monday, July 22 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Today’s program: a screening of “Black Code” (89 minutes)

Thursday, July 18, 5:30-7:30pm [doors open at 5pm], ACLU of Ohio Columbus Office, 1108 City Park Avenue, Ste. 203

Executive Director Ben Guess, Campaigns Director Mark Gavin, and Chief Lobbyist Gary Daniels will present ACLU Ohio priorities, including a just pretrial system, community organizing opportunities, and information about reform-based legislation. Special guests from the Urban Institute will present their research findings and will walk us through the roadmap for reform.

Open to all; light refreshments will be provided.

Thursday, July 18, 10:15am-4:30pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

• Keynote Address: “The New Sanctuary Movement: Strategies, Organization, and Volunteers,” by Ravi Ragbir, an immigrant rights activist who has helped thousands of people as an organizer, and now as the Executive Director of the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York, who works directly with those facing deportation to empower them in their struggle to remain in the United States.

Register online now at www.north-broadway.org/sprague.

Monday, July 15, 6-7:30pm, Linden Branch Library, 2223 Cleveland Ave.

We have launched our fourth campaign to protect Columbus water from toxic, radioactive frack waste dumping in our water supply. We are an all-volunteer group gathering signatures to put the Columbus Community Bill of Rights on the Columbus Ballot by November 2020.

Come learn what’s going on and sign the petition at the following Columbus Metropolitan Libraries.

• Monday, July 15, 6-7:30pm, Linden Branch Library, 2223 Cleveland Ave.